Val McDermid famous quotes

A society gets the criminals it deserves.
-- Val McDermid

#Criminals #Deserve

That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.
-- Val McDermid

#Moving #Book #House

Not even a hand-stitched suit could hide a body gone ruinously to seed. I was tempted to offer some fashion advice, but I didn't think he'd welcome the news that this year, bellies are being worn inside the trousers.
-- Val McDermid

#Fashion #Thinking #Hands

No woman is a heroine to her dentist.
-- Val McDermid

#Dentist #Heroines

Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God’s.
-- Val McDermid

#Stories #Mary

He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.
-- Val McDermid

#Elephants #Remember

When all else fails, go for the ego.
-- Val McDermid

#Ego #Failing

Steve Mosby has become one of a handful of writers who make me excited about crime fiction.
-- Val McDermid

#Fiction #Excited #Crime

It's not magic that takes us to another world - it's storytelling.
-- Val McDermid

#Magic #World #Storytelling

I am very interested in loyalty, even if the person to whom one is loyal is flawed, criminal, or otherwise in the wrong.

My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.

Attention must be given to the penal consequences of violations of the right to peace, including the punishment by domestic courts or in due time by the International Criminal Court of those who have engaged in aggression and propaganda for war.

You only deserve what you make yourself worthy of.

Don’t become me. Don’t let her down like I did. You only deserve what you make yourself worthy of. Do what I couldn’t. Be a man.

From the beauty they deserve will come the love they deserve. And from the love will follow truth.

No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your love—they have to earn it.

I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

Women have demanded and gotten better jobs and more power. But the one thing we deserve is a better relationship with ourselves.

All life deserves respect, dignity, and compassion. All life.